December 22, 2010, 9:22 am
I keep getting asked about the workflow for editing with Arri Alexa media. Here, people mostly refer to the Apple ProRes 4444 Quicktime movies that the Alexa shoots. In India, as far as I know, we don't (yet) have an Alexa equipped with a Arri RAW recorder, hence ProRes 4444 is, for the moment, Arri Alexa media.

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May 25, 2019, 8:15 am
In this premium video tutorial, Julian Rodgers demonstrates how automation can take the strain off your vocal compression and how using volume automation affects compression differently than clip gain. Luckily you can change your mind about which you use without losing your automation. Thanks to Jess Orestano for the use of her track Eliza.

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May 24, 2019, 5:54 am
Join Sound Devices as they present the new Scorpio premium portable mixer-recorder! You will be taken through the layout, key features and workflow as Sound Devices showcases the most powerful product they have ever designed.

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May 24, 2019, 5:54 am
The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.

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May 24, 2019, 5:54 am
Whatever you think of Jar Jar Binks – the fully computer-generated Gungan played by Ahmed Best and crafted by ILM for The Phantom Menace – he was a game-changer in visual effects. It was, essentially, the first main CG character in a feature film, one brought to life by Best performing on set with the other actors and via motion capture.

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May 23, 2019, 12:26 pm
In 2016, Matt Aitken explained the work of Weta Digital on INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE. He then worked on AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR. He speaks to us today about his work on AVENGERS: ENDGAME with Sidney Kombo-Kintombo (Animation Supervisor) and Gerardo Aguilera (FX Supervisor).

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May 23, 2019, 12:26 pm
Does the new object removal tool in DaVinci Resolve 16 live up to expectations, and is it anything like Adobe’s Content Aware Fill? Lewis McGregor with PremiumBeat took at look at it (still in beta) and got mixed results. You be the judge.

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May 23, 2019, 8:19 am
At NAB this year on the Avid blog sound designer Will Files presented a 28 minute tutorial in which he went through in detail on how he built the sound of the creature Venom in the film of the same name.

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May 23, 2019, 8:19 am
You might have heard or read over the years about the very fun Phantom Menace factoid that salt was used to make the waterfalls seen spilling out underneath the city of Theed. And…it’s of course true; salt was filmed by ILM for waterfall elements and then composited along with Theed building and landscape miniatures and CG and matte painted elements to form the final shots.